Time will tell whether the Supreme Court will move the pendulum towards further patients rights or not…but indications are good….

Good News: The Inland Empire and Pack Decisions are not effective…at least for the moment! is a post from: 420LawOffice.com

The Medical Marijuana Conspiracy: Interview of Stewart Richlin by Prof. James Fetzer is a post from: 420LawOffice.com

URGENT: DEADLINE FOR filing tax registration certificate in Los Angles is a post from: 420LawOffice.com

And the California Medical Association joined the American Medical Association in supporting medical marijuana.

The world is watching……

Some much needed Good News for Medical Marijuana Patients from Kamala Harris, and from the California Medical Association is a post from: 420LawOffice.com

Some Legal Issues for Patients and Landlords is a post from: 420LawOffice.com

The inherent conflict of law that has always salted the medical marijuana issue has finally boiled over. Patients don’t know whether they should continue in collectives. But, why now? Why are we seeing a federal crackdown on medical cannabis in the states that permit it under their laws. Many legitimate patients, particularly those who can’t grow their own for various reasons, will wind up going to the black or grey market to get their cannabis. This is the law of unintended consequences.

In this same week we saw the Rand Corp. study recanted under Lysenko-style political pressure. Hopefully Rand will not be bullied, but will do a full blown study and truly help stop this unfairness, dishonesty, duplicity and lack of compassion.

Did anyone in government read the 9th and 10th amendments of the constitution? Listen to Michael Badnarik interviewed on Alex Jones, and consider whether the federal government’s crackdown on medical marijuana is legal under the constitution, the supreme law of the land.

Federal Crackdown on Medical Marijuana, Radio Show is a post from: 420LawOffice.com

Obviously this is a shade different than the original campaign and early presidential announcements of the Obama administration. Ironically, Ron Paul, a medical doctor and multi term congressman, and presidential candidate totally differs on the risks inherent in driving under the influence of marijuana…

New Federal Policy for Medical Marijuana, DEA Press Conference is a post from: 420LawOffice.com

1. SB 847 will make patients collectives that are established but within 600 feet of a residence, have to close.  This ignores their pre-existing rights, stigmatizes patients, and reduces safe access.

2. AB 1300 will allow cities to ban dispensaries.  This will make a patchwork of city rules, and it will lead to “small town thinking” and local rule of an item of state-wide concern that should be governed by state law, not small minds and their belief systems about medical marijuana.

Both of these lousy measures were written by DEMOCRATS (shame, shame) and both passed both houses of the state legislature.  There is only one last ditch chance, the veto and the pocket veto.
Get involved, let’s send the message to the Gov: don’t sign these bills which clearly derogate from State rights!

Here is a place to contact Governor Brown.

Governor Brown: Please Don’t Sign AB 1300 and SB 847 is a post from: 420LawOffice.com

Why you should NEVER speak with the police even if you are innocent!!!! is a post from: 420LawOffice.com

California law has permitted the caregiver defense since 1996, however, in the 2005 Mensch case, the California Supreme Court found that to properly raise the caregiver defense, the caregiver must have had an ongoing prior relationship with the patient in which the caregiver provides for the patient’s health, safety and/or housing.  Merely reciting the word “caregiver” is of no legal effect, what is significant is the actual legal relationship of the patient and caregiver.

Since the Cole Memo specifically states that the caregiver defense will, along with the actions of sick patients, qualify for “lowest priority” in terms of the federal government’s enforcement expenditures of time and money, you could say that since the Cole Memorandum, the Caregiver Defense’s stock has gone up!

Stewart Richlin, Esq. is a California lawyer with over 25 years of experience in civil law.  Having represented thousands of patients and hundreds of collectives, Mr. Richlin has been court-qualified as an expert in the field.  Mr. Richlin’s “MEDICAL MARIJUANA COLLEGE” is a one on one legal conference in his Hollywood office which includes a detailed analysis of FEDERAL, STATE, and LOCAL law on the topic; it includes a copy of his book on 420 law, the latest edition of which is just off the presses, and contains about 125 pages of materials to facilitate your mastery of the legal issues raised by medical marijuana rights in the State of California.  Call us at 888-420-LAW-1   or locally at 323-540-4420.

Does the Cole Memorandum “Bless” the Caregiver Defense? is a post from: 420LawOffice.com